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Jack Ruby

1911 - 1967

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Jack Leon Ruby (born Jacob Leon Rubenstein; c. March 25, 1911 – January 3, 1967) was an American nightclub owner who murdered Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963, two days after Oswald assassinated President John F. Kennedy. Born in Chicago, Ruby operated nightclubs in Texas. On November 24, 1963, two days after President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Ruby shot and mortally wounded Oswald in Dallas Police Headquarters and was immediately arrested. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Ruby is the 10th most popular mafioso (down from 7th in 2019), the 601st most popular biography from United States (down from 410th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Mafioso.

Jack Ruby was a Dallas nightclub owner who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of John F. Kennedy, on November 24, 1963.

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Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Jack Ruby ranks 10 out of 70. Before him are Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Lucky Luciano, Salvatore Riina, Frank Lucas, Jesse James, and Tamam Shud case. After him are Griselda Blanco, Meyer Lansky, John Dillinger, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Frank Abagnale, and Karl Gebhardt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Jack Ruby ranks 25. Before him are William Howard Stein, Robert Taylor, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, William Stuart-Houston, Melvin Calvin, and Maurice Allais. After him are Polykarp Kusch, Marshall McLuhan, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Tennessee Williams, William Alfred Fowler, and Niels Kaj Jerne. Among people deceased in 1967, Jack Ruby ranks 21. Before him are Zoltán Kodály, Mir Osman Ali Khan, Clement Attlee, Claude Rains, Ilse Koch, and André Maurois. After him are Richard Kuhn, Ilya Ehrenburg, Gordon Allport, Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, Jaroslav Heyrovský, and Rodion Malinovsky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Ruby ranks 601 out of 20,380. Before him are Christopher Reeve (1952), Michelle Pfeiffer (1958), Asaph Hall (1829), Ed Harris (1950), The Notorious B.I.G. (1972), and Gilbert N. Lewis (1875). After him are Robert Mitchum (1917), George Clooney (1961), Michael Keaton (1951), Lewis H. Morgan (1818), George E. Smith (1930), and George Armstrong Custer (1839).

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Among MAFIOSOS In United States

Among mafiosos born in United States, Jack Ruby ranks 5. Before him are Al Capone (1899), Billy the Kid (1859), Frank Lucas (1930), and Jesse James (1847). After him are John Dillinger (1903), Frank Abagnale (1948), Wyatt Earp (1848), Mark David Chapman (1955), John Gotti (1940), Lepke Buchalter (1897), and Sundance Kid (1867).

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